Morning Fewbie Plus Desert Drive - Eye of Sauron: The Fangorn Forest - Solar Park to Faqa - 23 Jul 2023

Ale Vallecchi · July 17, 2023

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Drive Details

Level: Fewbie Plus and above (all levels)

Meeting time: 7:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/A1wurNAnHckBAxCLA

Action Plan: As Tolkien's lovers know " Fangorn Forest is a deep, dark woodland that grows beneath the Southern Misty Mountains, under the eastern flanks of that range. It gained ill repute as the habitat of the Ents in the Third Age. " In the desire to continue challenging Sauron, by driving around its all-seeing Eye, we will head from Solar Park to Faqa by way of our own "Fangorn Forest", that is a long line of Ghaf trees that runs almost parallel to the Eye of Sauron's mirror field. This would be the most treacherous way to get close to the Eye of Sauron, and then escape to Faqa, as we'll cross the tightest area of technical dunes, in the warmest month of the year, on the softest sand. This drive is not for the faint of heart.

Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance.

What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 11:00 AM

P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

Limited to 10 cars maximum. RSVP will close on Wednesday - 5 PM.
- If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list
Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS.
Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS.
Members that do not confirm the terms of the COVID requirements will be removed from the RSVP list.
Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others.
Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.

Please RSVP on below calendar

GauravSoni · July 18, 2023

Another adventure for the hobbitses!! Under the watchful eye!

Ale Vallecchi · July 21, 2023

Dear Desertnauts

a few info about the drive, while I am about to fly back to the Gulf's shores.

We plan to execute quite a technical drive, likely in an area that will not see the challenge augmented by too much vegetation, other than the Ghaf trees that dot the northern border of the Solar Park area, under the watchful, sometimes menacing, eye of Sauron (AKA the Solar Tower). In fact, we plan to navigate almost by sight alone, following the line of trees that are visible from the very entry into the Lisaili plateau, from the Solar Park side.

As for our meeting point, which I will post ASAP, please reach the third roundabout on the road between Qudra's Last Exit and Solar Park's Innovation Center, drive around it, head back toward Qudra, and exit between the guard rails, onto the sand and gravel track below the pylon line.

At the moment, this will be the convoy order:

@Imran Kashif in Second Lead

@Mohit Gurnani at #3

@Brett Eicher at #4

@Bravoecho at #5

@Zulfikhar Naiyar at #6

@Salim Akhtar at Center

@Stumpy Paj at #8

@Pierre de Maigret at #9

@Mark B at #10

@Bjoern at #11, and

@Naveen Raj in Sweep